Liberal Ideas On Gun Crime Misfires

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.---- Benjamin Franklin.

Do you smell desperation in the air? I believe I do after Mr Martin's announcement on how he is going to curb gun violence in the big cities: by banning handguns. He is desperate to show that his government has a workable and tough gun control policy, after all these years in power, but as we know he does not. After the $2 billion and counting bondoggle called the gun registry. This was the Liberals golden policy that would make Canada a safer place, but it has not it has cost the taxpayers of Canada billions of wasted dollars and made no significant dent on crime. It has been a DISMAL failure. Another leading light of the Liberal party idea was to ban a so called gangsta rapper from playing in Toronto. WOw what penetrating insight and wisdom, I can see now why the Liberals are the so called natural ruling party of Canada. A tragic case in point was the murder of that police officer in Quebec This registry was set up specifically to prevent a crime like that. It was suppose to give the police a heads up if there were any firearms in the house. They should have known that this sicko was given the right to own a rifle for hunting, even know he had a history of violent behavior and making threats to law officers, and under the law that was partly introduced by the liberals, he should have been banned from possessing guns, by some trick of sick fate this individual was allowed to possess firearms. Maybe the judge who heard his appeal was upset that his cultural rights were being trampled on, hunting is part of his cultural heritage( an NDP favorite), or maybe he felt that throught the discipline of hunting this poor fellow would overcome his mental illness. Thanks to the law already on the books, not being enforced a fine police constable lies cold in her grave


Have the Liberals and the anti-gun zealots not learned that dracodian gun control laws do not reduce crime, many times they have the opposite effect. The criminal underclass becomes embolden by the prospect of an unarmed citizenry. They know that there are very little consequences if they break into a home. Unfortunately the thugs will be armed because they do not follow the laws anyway, and the law abiding person who have legitimate needs for guns will fellow the misguided laws. The effect of these laws are only a temporary feel good state for the population. It pays for the government of the day, because it appears to their constituents that they are getting tough on crime, and a lot of people will feel that for some reason the criminals will be disarmed. This is a common Liberals tactic; perception over reality. Make sure it looks like we are doing something even know it has no real effect on the problem.

A lot of the anti-gun crowd point to europe as an shining example of a gun free utopia. In many countries in europe firearms are virtually outlawed or very strictly controlled, to ridicules excesses.In the Untied Kingdom where gun control is very strict the violent crime rate has been steadily rising. In fact one of the most utilized weapons is the, wait for it: broken pint beer glass. I guess according to the logic of the antigunners, we should outlaw pint containers of glass and replace it with plastic.

The zealots never seem to point out the experience of the country of Switzerland. This country is one of the few totally neutral countries in the world. To enforce this neutrality they have turned their small mountainous country into a virtual fortress. They also have an army made up of all male citizens, a citizen's militia that most serve and train for certain times of the year. In order to be an effective force ready to go into action at a drop of a hat; All the members must keep a military rifle, with ammo in their homes. Many of this rifles are fully automatic too. They must train with them and enter shootng matches to show their proficiency. Believe it or not, to the horror of the bleeding heart gun banners, their violent crime rate is very low. Their national homicide rate is comparable to a 6 month rate in one of Canada's large cities. Also in this country of great common sense, handguns are legally obtained and owned by purchasing a certificate. They are routinely issued, and not used as a pretense to deny people the right to own handguns, like in many countries like our sweet homeland. Also in many Swiss cantons or provinces the right to carry concealed firearms is allowed. There seems to be no difference between the crime levels of cantons that allow concealed carry and those that do not.

One of the problems we have here in canada is our over lenient criminal justice system. They seem to be overly preoccupied with the prisoner's rights,rehabilitation and clearing the court docket. One of the miscreants named Andre Thompson who was involved in the gun fight on boxing day was on parole for armed robbery. He had at least 12 charges dropped against him by the crown , if he plead guilty to armed robbery. What did he get for armed robbery; two 30 day jail terms. UNBELIEVABLE, what the hell is wrong with the crown and judge to give such a light sentence for such a serious crime. Under legislation passed by the last conservative government, with the liberals support, anyone who uses a firearm in the comission of a crime gets a mandatory 5yr sentence sentence on top of the sentence for the actually crime. So it is pretty easy if we enforce the laws we have, maybe we can do something about the violent crime problem.

One of the problems is we do not have enough jail space, well we should start building more jails. These jails should also be built in the remote arctic. If people know that they are going to be sent to a extremely cold remote prison in the middle of nowhere,they may think twice about committing a crime. Also I remember when I was in the army reserve, we saw a film about the military prison in Edmonton. Let me tell you it scared the hell out of me and my mates. The prison was run under strict military discipline and the inmates were kept very busy all day with menial labour and cleaning their kit and rooms. So I believe that our military should run the prison system. This fact plus the remoteness of the facility will not make a lot of people relish the fact of a revisit and it would have a deterrent effect on the street.

Also I believe to truly get tough with these cold blooded thugs we should bring back the death penalty. This would truly punish murders and prevent them from returning to the streets to continue their life of crime. I am sorry but if you indiscriminately open up with a gun on a crowded city street with no regard for the lives of innocence people, you do not deserve any mercy from society. You are like a mad dog that has to be put down for the safety of society at large. I believe that capital punishment would again have a deterrent effect. It would not effect all criminals, but some would be effected if they knew that they will pay a high price for their actions.

According to the authorities a lot of the guns used in these heinous crimes are smuggled in from the U.S. Would it not make sense to try to prevent this by shoring up our borders and implementing programs and law enforcement groups to break up and jail these smuggling rings.

Even people that live in areas that are hardest hit by gun crimes believe Martin's announcements are nothing but a bunch of empty platitudes. Reverend Al Bowen pastor to 18yr old Amon Beckles who was shot down in cold blood at his friends funeral and a resident of one of the high crime areas in Toronto' thought it was foolish. Rev Bowen also said" My leader dares to walk into this community that has been bereaved so many times and make the announcement that they're going to ban hand guns. It is a fly swatter against a rhinoceros" True words of wisdom. The different levels of government were suppose to have a gun summit in Toronto to discuss the problem and see what they can do about it. Martin and his fellow zealot mayor Miller did not even show up. Some commitment to the problem eh. I guess it is more politically expedient to go after law abiding gun owners than gang bangers.

I remember when Mr Martin made his annoucement about this ban. He said if you see anyone with a gun go tell the police and they will take care of it. I think it would be much more productive if you see a liberal call the police because they most likely have their hand in your pocket trying to steal your money. This announcement shows how truly bankruptcy of ideas the liberals are, after their 12 years in power. Also it is a scary sign that they will trample on your rights to retain power and put on a good show. Who knows what other rights they will trample on in the future if they were in the same predicament. there is a wise swiss saying that applies here, if the government can not trust the people; the people can not trust the government.